[Question] How to have conky on all kde workspaces ?

[sebma]

How to have conky on all kde workspaces ?

[su8]

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On Saturday, September 26, 2020, sebma [email protected] wrote:

How to have conky on all kde workspaces ?

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[sebma]

The own_window_type = 'desktop' should be the answer but that doesn't work, see issue #665.

[whtyger]

In my case the next code works and places Conky on every workspace:

own_window_type = 'normal',
own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,sticky',

sticky hint is the one which is responsible for that.

[sebma]

own_window_type = 'normal', own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,sticky',

@whtyger That does not work on all workspaces. I use conky-all package from KUbuntu 20.04 LTS.

[whtyger]

@sebma Package type shouldn't be the cause of this issue.
These lines were taken from working Conky v1.10.8 configuration. I was using conky-std package from Kubuntu 20.04.
What is the output of the command xprop _NET_WM_STATE when you run it in the terminal and click on conky's window? Does it show all prescribed hints? In my configuration it shows:

_NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_BELOW, _NET_WM_STATE_STICKY, _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR

I.e. all hints are applied properly.

[sebma]

@whtyger I use conky-all v1.10.8-1build3 on KUbuntu 20.04.5 and I get this xprop output :

$ xprop _NET_WM_STATE
_NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_BELOW, _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR, _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_PAGER
$

[whtyger]

@sebma As you can see, in your case _NET_WM_STATE_STICKY is missing from the list of applied hints. If it isn't a typo in your config, you can try to force sticky position to Conky window using KWin. Run System Settings, select Window Management | Window Rules. Press New... to add new rule, on the first tab "Window matching" set Window class | Exact Match: conky. Fill in Description field. On the second tab "Size & Position" activate Desktop checkmark, choose Force action and select All Desktops. Press OK to close the window, then Apply to activate the new rule.

[mmuman]

For the record, I have this in my Conky config and it does display on all workspaces in KDE, and I don't have any specific KWin setup:

conky.config = {
	--lua_load = 'sgtest.lua',
    alignment = 'bottom_left',
    background = false,
    border_width = 1,
    cpu_avg_samples = 2,
	default_color = '409090',--'lightgrey',
    default_outline_color = 'white',
    default_shade_color = 'darkcyan',
    color0 = 'a0c0c0',--'lightcyan',
    color1 = '429286',--'darkcyan',
    double_buffer = true,
    draw_borders = false,
    draw_graph_borders = true,
    draw_outline = false,
    draw_shades = true,
    use_xft = true,
	--xftalpha = 0.5,
    -- misses : and , : font = 'Times New Ancient:size=16',
    --font = 'Anquietas:size=14',
    font = 'Ancient G Modern:size=14',
    default_bar_height = 12,
    gap_x = 100,
    --gap_x = 1980,
    gap_y = 60,
    minimum_height = 5,
	minimum_width = 5,
    net_avg_samples = 2,
    no_buffers = true,
    out_to_console = false,
    out_to_stderr = false,
    extra_newline = false,
    -- -- This Works in Gnome-shell
    --own_window = true,
    --own_window_class = 'Conky',
    --own_window_type = 'desktop',
    ----own_window_transparent = true,
    ---- fixes issue with Metacity with compositing
    ---- cf. https://wenlong.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/conky-true-transparency/
    --own_window_argb_visual = true,
    --own_window_argb_value = 0,
    -- Works in KDE Plasma with transparency
    own_window = true,
    own_window_class = 'default',
    own_window_type = 'default',
    own_window_transparent = true,
    own_window_argb_visual = true,
    own_window_argb_value = 0,
    own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,sticky',
    stippled_borders = 0,
    update_interval = 1.0,
    uppercase = false,
    use_spacer = 'none',
    show_graph_scale = false,
    show_graph_range = false
}

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